S 1441
115th Congress
Senate
Health
Appropriations
Education programs funding
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health personnel
Health programs administration and funding
Medical education
Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2017
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 26, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jun 26, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Community Health Center and Primary Care Workforce Expansion Act of 2017
This bill amends the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to make appropriations for and extend indefinitely: (1) enhanced funding for the community health centers program and the National Health Service Corps, and (2) grants for federally qualified health centers and nurse-managed health centers to train family nurse practitioners to become primary care providers. The bill makes appropriations for capital projects under the community health centers program.
The bill amends the Public Health Service Act to make appropriations for and extend indefinitely a program that pays teaching health centers to establish or expand graduate medical residency training programs.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1